Patricia Frisch, Ph.D.

Dr. Patricia Frisch is a licensed Psychologist, licensed MFT, couple/family therapist, and group leader, with a specialty in Orgonomy since 1976. She has developed her own innovative synthesis of Reich and Masterson that updates Reich utilizing current theory and research.

Dr. Frisch’s approach utilizes an alive, engaged and present-centered conversation with direct honest feedback to help patients confront their unhealthy character styles. Compromised coping strategies grow out of difficult pasts and result in current problems. She skillfully intervenes to restore healthy self-regulation – both emotionally and physically. Therapy allows for an insightful, examined life and supports conscious changes needed to heal body, mind, and spirit. Her style is warm, sometimes directive, intuitive, and always profoundly engaged. Her couple/family approach opens up communication and helps resolve wounds that disable a loving relationship. Dream analysis allows the psyche to help direct the patient from within.

Establish new approaches to intimacy and develop successful skills of communication and expression through relational therapy

Dr. Frisch’s therapeutic style facilitates

Self-awareness, understanding, resolution of old pain, and transformation

Discovery of a more authentic self with enhanced expression and creativity

Increased ability to experience pleasure individually and within relationships

Freedom from inhibitions and fears that block the experience of aliveness

Dr. Frisch is also the Executive Director of The Orgonomic Institute of Northern California, where she trains and supervises graduate students and professionals in Wilhelm Reich’s characteranalysis, Mastersonian Disorders of the Self (including Attachment theory), elements from Jung, and Reich’s somatic approach. She is a member of the Order of Thich Nhat Hanh.

Licenses

Please call 415-388-0622 for an appointment or more information, or email Dr. Frisch.

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Lower-Fee Therapy Option

Dr. Frisch has a group of professional licensed therapists, some accredited by OINC and others who are trainees, who offer lower fee services for patients with financial concerns. Locations include Marin, Novato, San Francisco, and the East Bay. Contact her at 415-388-0622 for an appropriate referral.